Divisions within the Afghan Taliban: An Opportunity for Peace?
Over the past 17 years of war in Afghanistan, the Afghan Taliban has suffered several splits and realignments. The Taliban’s internal divisions have become especially […]
Neha Dwivedi
Neha Dwivedi is an SAV Visiting Fellow, July 2018. She holds a Master’s degree in Geopolitics and International Relations from Manipal Academy of Higher Education in Manipal, India. Her research interests include Afghanistan, emerging geopolitics of the Middle East, refugee crises, Islam and identity politics, and regional aspects of human rights. Previously, she was associated with the Centre for Studies in International Relations and Development (CSIRD) in Kolkata as a research intern. She has also contributed articles for The Diplomat magazine. Formerly, she worked as a journalist at the online news platform, Saddahaq.
Articles by Neha Dwivedi
Is U.S. Strategy against the Islamic State in Afghanistan Working?
The United States has been confronting evolving threats from the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP). The latest April 2018 report by the Special Inspector General of […]
Understanding ISKP’s Resilience in Afghanistan
Over the last four years, the Islamic State (IS), though a late entry in the already crowded jihadi battlefield of Afghanistan, has managed to spread […]
The Elusive Gains of Afghanistan’s Mining Sector
Landlocked Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world, is counter-intuitively home to an estimated one trillion dollars in untapped, rare-earth minerals. If properly […]
Military Victory or Reconciliation? Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan
Efforts to negotiate with the Taliban have evolved since 2003 when talks with Taliban moderates were first proposed. Fourteen years later, U.S. President Donald Trump […]
اندرونی خلفشار کے شکار طالبان سے بات چیت؛ مگر کیسے؟
گزشتہ دو دہائیوں میں طالبان کے ارتقاء سے یہ بات ثابت ہوتی ہے کہ وہ افغانستان میں اپنا اثرورسوخ بڑھا رہے ہیں اور عسکری حکمتِ […]
Negotiating with a Fractured Taliban
The evolution of the Taliban over the last two decades underscores the group’s continued influence and its enhanced confidence in pursuing military action in Afghanistan. […]